I Read Comic Books

This episode was recorded on February 27th, 2022! Kara and Kait join Mike to chat about comic books and our Goodreads Book of the Month: In The Pines by Erik Kriek . Check out "you pick" book of the month thread here. Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:30:45 - Top of the Pile 00:37:44 - Goodreads Book of the Month - In the Pines: 5 Murder Ballads 01:10:43 - Wrap/Credits Comics Rea...

This episode was recorded on February 20th, 2022! Mike and René are joined by special guest, Gabe Cheng, to chat about comics and a bit about Gabe’s ongoing Kickstarter: The Problem With Parallels with artist Elisa Meneghel. Find Gabe online at @gabechengcomics or at gabechengcomics.com Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:37:31 - The #1 Debacle (A great question) 00:47:29 - Top of...

This episode was recorded on February 12th, 2022! Mike, Nick, and Kara have been gathered together by Geoff for a Patreon commissioned episode all about supporting local comic shops, the dilemma of getting rid of comics, and so much more! Join our Patreon today at the $10 level to grab one of 10 spots to commission an episode of IRCB yourself! patreon.com/ircbpodcast Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/L...

This episode was recorded on February 6th, 2022! Mike, Paul, and Nick discuss comics they've been reading, Gumroad's NFT problem, and more! Join the Goodreads Reading Challenge now! Check out Paul's guest spot on Best One Since The Next One. Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Announcements 00:03:49 - Last Week in Comics 00:41:04 - Gumroad is doing what?? 00:50:29 - Top of the Pile 00:00:00 - Wrap/Credit...

This episode was recorded on January 30th, 2022! Brian, Kate, and Mike sat down to chat about our Goodreads Book of the Month for January 2022, Pearl Vol. 1 by Brian Michael Bendis, Michael Gaydos, and Joshua Reed--as chosen by the folks who finished the Goodreads Reading Challenge in 2021! Check out the Goodreads Thread Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:17:31 - Top of the Pile 0...

This episode was recorded on January 23rd, 2022! Our seventh annual anniversary episode! Mike, Kara, Nick, and Paul chat comics and reflect on the last year of IRCB. PLUS we announce our next Patreon read-along series! Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:33:59 - Top of the Pile 00:40:59 - Listener Picks! 00:45:33 - Next Issue Podcast Shoutout! 00:45:58 - IRCB in Review 00:51:40 - I...

Mike and Tia are joined by special guest Henry Barajas ( La Voz De M.A.Y.O Rambo , Helm Greycastle ) to discuss the problem with NFTs in comics, Kickstarter, and the art world in general. Check out the NFT Shit List . Send us an email or a voicemail for our 7th Annual anniversary episode next week - ircbpodcast@gmail.com . Let us know your favorite bits and bites from the last year of IRCB! Don't...

This episode was recorded on January 9th, 2021! Brian, Kate, and Kait discuss newspaper comics in our first commissioned episode of IRCB! Thank you to Jolamprex ( check him out on YouTube! ) for being a member of the IRCB Inner Circle on Patreon! Don't forget to take the IRCB 2022 Listener Survey! bit.ly/ircb2022 Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:11:04 - Top of the Pile 00:19:09...

This episode was recorded in the recent past! Paul and Mike dig into the documentary Future Shock! The Story of 2000AD , about the publisher 2000AD and the history of the magazine. Music provided by Infinity Shred . Find them on Bandcamp . Producer : Mike Rapin Editor : Zander Riggs Support us on Patreon to get access to our Patreon-only series: IRCB Movie Club, Saga of Saga, Giant Days of Our Liv...

This episode was recorded in the recent past! THE SERIES CONTINUES. Mike and Nick dig into a, surprisingly, less depressing volume of Ice Cream Man and continue to try to put together the pieces of this story. Is there more to ICM than meets the eye? Music provided by Infinity Shred . Find them on Bandcamp . Producer : Mike Rapin Editor : Zander Riggs Support us on Patreon to get access to our Pat...

This episode was recorded on December 19, 2021! Mike, Kait, and Brian discuss our FINAL Goodreads Book of the Month for 2021: Long Walk To Valhalla by Adam Smith and Matthew Fox! Check out this month's Goodreads thread here. Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:15:33 - Comic Picks 00:23:14 - Goodreads Book of the Month - Long Walk To Valhalla 00:47:41 - Wrap/Credits Comics Read / To...

This episode was recorded on December 12th, 2021! Mike, Brian, and Kait discuss the IRCB Goodreads Reading Challenge (ending December 16th, 2021!), what books they've read from the challenge, and why they picked the books they did for the challenge. Check out this years challenge here! Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:16:25 - Top of the Pile 00:25:31 - The IRCB Goodreads Reading...

This episode was recorded on December 5th, 2021! Mike and Paul welcome back Tia to the show and dig into a handful of comics they've all been reading, chat about the Hawkeye show, critique Superman's costume, and more. Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:46:10 - Top of Your Pile 00:59:35 - Wrap/Credits Comics Read / Top of Our Pile Superman ‘78 #3 Hawkeye Vol 1 For Goodness Sake Vo...

Mike and Paul are joined by special guest, Gabe Cheng (writer of For Molly), to discuss how we pick comics from our backlog to hoist to the top of our to-read pile. Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:33:48 - Top of the Pile 00:40:36 - Avast! Hoist The Backlog! 01:12:50 - Wrap/Credits Comics Read / Top of Our Pile Doctor Strange & Doctor Doom: Triumph and Torment (1989) The Thing #...

Mike, Nick, and Kate discuss Jesse Lonergan's Hedra, a space-faring, textless adventure about saving your home planet with powers from the beyond. Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:26:54 - Top of the Pile 00:36:57 - Hedra by Jesse Lonergan 01:05:34 - Wrap/Credits Comics Read / Top of Our Pile Witches of Brooklyn Oishinbo: A la Carte, Volume 1: Japanese Cuisine TMNT Volume 16: Cha...

This episode was recorded on November 14th, 2021! Mike, Nick, and René try something experimental this week: only talking comics they read and the top of their pile. A little odd, a little fun, and kinda new. Let us know what you thought of this episode - ircbpodcast@gmail.com. PLUS Mike sat down with Todd Hunt, co-writer of Darling from Source Point Press, to talk the first 4 issues and what else...

This episode was recorded on November 7th, 2021! Paul and Kara take Mike down the rabbit hole of the biggest event in DC history: Final Crisis. The comic that put Kara off comics and brought Paul back into the comics fold. Hold on to your time-traveling bullets, this is our longest episode to date. PLUS: We have a wonderful interview with Cavan Scott about his series Shadow Service at Vault Comics...

This episode was recorded on October 31st, 2021! Brian, Kait, and Kate discuss our November Goodreads Book of the Month: The Sixth Gun Vol. 1: Cold Dead Fingers by Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt. Don't forget to  Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:12:11 - Top of the Pile 00:20:16 - How We're Getting Comics, an update 00:24:12 - Goodreads Book of the Month - The 6th Gun Vol. 1: Cold D...

This week, Kara and Kait try to educate Mike about tea in order to try to pair tea flavors with comics they've read.  Plus, we have an interview with Steve Prince, writer of MONSTER MATADOR: AFRIPOCALYPSE now on Kickstarter! Check out MONSTER MATADOR: AFRIPOCALYPSE on Kickstarter! Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:20:12 - Top of the Pile 00:32:03 - Interview with Steve Prince 00:...

This episode was recorded on October 17th, 2021! Mike, Brian, and Paul follow up on an episode of IRCB Movie Club to chat about Spider-Man 2 (2004), directed by Sam Raimi, starring Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Rosemary Harris, and Alfred Molina. Is this the best super hero movie to date? Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/ Last Week in Comics 00:23:00 - Top of the Pile 00:31:15 - Spiderma...

This episode was recorded on October 10th, 2021! Mike, Kait, and Kate discuss their favorite witch comics to get in the mood for the season of Halloween! What are some of your favorites? Plus! We have a HUGE interview with Phillip Maira for his latest Kickstarter anthology: Crackle Vol. 3! Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:16:30 - Top of The Pile 00:24:29 - Crackle: An Interview...

This episode was recorded on October 3rd, 2021! For our 300th episode, Mike, Paul, and Nick sat down to talk about, well, comic books. IRCB interviews IRCB this week and with our biggest Discord crowd yet, Mike dug into the future of IRCB! This was a HUGE episode. PLUS we announced some changes to our Patreon benefits including our 12-spot limited IRCB INNER CIRCLE where you can design an episode...

This week's episode was recorded on September 26th, 2021! Mike, Kara, and René picked a wild manga to read, Disney Manga: Stitch and the Samurai, they discuss, and the Muppets show up?? Plus, we have an interview with François Vigneault & Michael Tanner about their new collection, Orcs In Space , out on October 5th from Oni Press! Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:16:10 - Top of...

This episode was recorded on September 19th, 2021! Mike, Nick, and Brian dig into the Aliens franchise and discuss the comic series Aliens: Dead Orbit, Alien (2021) #1-6, and Aliens: Aftermath. Full spoilers ahead! PLUS: An interview with Lesly Julien and Brian Flint, writer and artist for the Kickstarter Savage Wizard! Check out SAVAGE WIZARD on Kickstarter! The Kickstarter ends on October 15th,...

This episode was recorded on September 12th, 2021! This week, Mike, Kara, and Kate discuss why modern day middle-grade comic books (like Snapdragon, Spinning, Smile, Guts, etc.) are incredibly wonderful in helping kids understand themselves. Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:27:27 - Comic Picks 00:39:47 - Would This Have Made Me Gayer Sooner? 01:14:58 - Wrap/Credits Comics Read /...